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By Connor Gunn

57 new COVID cases in Alberta, zero in Lethbridge

Jun 22, 2021 | 4:05 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the reporting on COVID is changing going forward.

The province will not be reporting new cases and vaccine updates on weekends. Detailed COVID data will continue to be posted each weekday and live updates from Hinshaw will stop after June 29, 2021.

Live updates will only be made when they are needed Hinshaw says.

Alberta Health Services has released Tuesday’s report on COVID-19, covering statistics compiled over the last 24 hours.

57 new cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 231,476. Of those, 1,773 cases are active while 227,413 people have recovered.

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In the South Zone, six people tested positive with zero new cases in Lethbridge.

Active infections in Lethbridge have fallen to just 12 and across the region to 75.

Since yesterday’s update, one person from the Central Zone died from COVID. To date, 2,293 people in the province have died as a result of the virus.

Provincially, 200 patients are currently hospitalized including 54 who have been admitted intensive care.

3,854,208 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered as of the end of June 21.

With another 5,019 tests conducted over the past day, there has now been a total of 4,648,134 tests completed on 2,173,181 different people.

Below is a graph of how COVID-19 cases in Alberta have trended since the start of the pandemic, which can also be accessed with more detail here.

Graph from AHS

Below is a breakdown of cases per health zone in Alberta:

• Calgary Zone – 94,199 cases, 850 active
  • 102 in hospital, 25 in ICU
  • 697 deaths
• Edmonton Zone – 77,627 cases, 311 active
  • 49 in hospital, 18 in ICU
  • 1,102 deaths
• North Zone – 26,421 cases, 360 active
  • 21 in hospital, four in ICU
  • 192 deaths
• Central Zone – 20,740 cases, 179 active
  • 18 in hospital, six in ICU
  • 166 deaths (one new)
• South Zone – 12,478 cases, 72 active
  • 10 in hospital, one in ICU
  • 133 deaths

Below is a breakdown of cases in the South Health Zone:

• Lethbridge – 4,834 cases, 10 active, 39 deaths
  • West Lethbridge – 1,770 cases, three active, four deaths
  • North Lethbridge – 1,611 cases, four active, 11 deaths
  • South Lethbridge – 1,452 cases, three active, 24 deaths
• Brooks – 1,502 cases, five active, 15 deaths
• Medicine Hat – 1,261 cases (one new), 20 active, 22 deaths
• Lethbridge County – 1,259 cases (three new), six active, 12 deaths
• Cardston County – 1,026 cases, two active, 18 deaths
• M.D. of Taber – 571 cases, zero active, six deaths
• County of Warner – 470 cases, five active, three deaths
• M.D. of Pincher Creek – 318 cases, 13 active, five deaths
• Fort Macleod – 322 cases, two active, six deaths
• Cypress County – 301 cases (one new), six active, one death
• County of Newell – 241 cases, one active, two deaths
• County of Forty Mile – 157 cases, zero active, three deaths
• Crowsnest Pass – 84 cases (one new), one active, one death
• Waterton – Four cases, zero active, zero deaths